《麦田守望者》的主人公霍尔顿一直以来都被誉为西方青少年亚文化的代表。实际上他只是一名叛逆的美国预科生,一个拥有他人导向性格的美国青年。他本人的中产阶级出身和美国预科学生的身份是他区别于任何其他时代和地区的叛逆者的醒目标志。本文即是想通过分析小说中对时代与环境的描写,解密霍尔顿的真实性格及其成因。 Holden, the catcher of the Rye, has long been hailed as the representative of Western youth subcultures. In fact, he is just a renegade American matriculation student, an American youth with a person-oriented personality. His own middle-class background and the identity of the American undergraduate student are the hallmarks of his rebel distinguished from any other era and region. This article aims to decipher Holden’s true personality and its causes by analyzing the description of the times and the environment in his novels.